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What is a pilgrimage?

Posted on | November 19, 2005 |

Because these days I do not have many answers,  I let someone else try to answer that question.

 

A pilgrimage is a journey undertaken in the light of a
story. A great event has happened; the
pilgrim hears the reports and goes in search of the evidence, aspiring to be an
eye witness. The pilgrim seeks not only to confirm the experience of others
firsthand but to be changed by the experience.

Pilgrims often make the journey in
company, but each must be changed individually; they must see for themselves,
each with his or her own eyes. And as they return to ordinary life the pilgrims
must tell others what they saw, recasting the story in their own terms.

                                       - Paul Elie, The Life You Save May Be Your Own

Category: Books, Contemplative, Religion, Spirituality

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